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Man proposes to girlfriend with 99 iPhone 6's

25 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/man-proposes-to-girlfriend-with-99-iphone-6s.188403/

Nanducob
Nanducob Original post #1
Nov 11, 2014 at 8:12 PM
A Chinese programmer from Guangzhou found this out the hard way after buying 99 iPhones to express his love for his special someone—and not quite succeeding.

The Nanfang Insider, a Chinese community website, cited Chinese news sources indicating the iPhones were to be a part of the budding love story on Singles' Day, an occasion when singles woo their special someone.

In the case of the programmer, he spent two years' salary or RMB500,000 (about $82,000) to buy 99 iPhones, and arrange them in the shape of a heart, then propose to his girlfriend before a crowd.

Alas, his 99 iPhones might as well have received the message "Connection failed" - the girl rejected his proposal.
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Man proposes to girlfriend with 99 iPhone 6's, gets turned down | SciTech | GMA News Online
sling-shot
Nov 11, 2014 at 8:28 PM
That girl seems different. He should go after again with some paper boats/planes this time ;)
Vyom
Vyom #3
Nov 11, 2014 at 8:39 PM
"Thankfully, demand for the new iPhone remains high in China, so he shouldn’t have too much trouble reselling them as one Weibo user suggested," the site said.

Meanwhile, Entertainment Online speculated on what the guy could do with 99 iPhones, now that he's been rejected.

"Will he try to sell them and make a profit? Will he turn them all on and surround himself with the company of 99 Siris? Maybe he'll watch 'Her' and get some ideas," it mused.

Atleast quote the whole story. ;)
abhigeek
Nov 11, 2014 at 10:23 PM
Feeling sad for him.
He might faced humiliation and heart break.
And Top of that media quoted his sad incident

He was rejected because the girl found out those i-phone are fakes:p

If He had bought a Diamond ring of 5000$ instead of iphones. Who knows, he may get accepted...
srkmish
srkmish #5
Nov 12, 2014 at 1:16 AM
some people will do anything for attention :p
Hrishi
Hrishi #6
Nov 12, 2014 at 1:49 AM
Dafaq....Why Iphones ?!!!!
ithehappy
Nov 12, 2014 at 2:36 AM
So now I know who is the unluckiest girl of this planet.
Raaabo
Raaabo #8
Nov 12, 2014 at 4:08 AM
What a moron. Any idiot who buys an iPhone to propose deserves to be rejected, but one who buys 99, that's just mentally deranged.
Gollum
Gollum #9
Nov 12, 2014 at 6:30 AM
his way was wrong, he tried to buy love. That too with iphones
Vyom
Vyom #10
Nov 12, 2014 at 8:26 AM
If the guy had spent half the time he took to arrange all those iPhones to being with her she could have accepted the proposal. Maybe the girl realized that.
Chaitanya
Chaitanya #11
Nov 12, 2014 at 9:37 AM
What does it look like when crazy gets drunk on insanity?

My friends around here are planning on donating kidneys & stuff for new iPhone, what did this guy sell? Great Wall of China? The nuke launch codes? His soul?
Faun
Faun #12
Nov 12, 2014 at 12:15 PM
Was she just "girl friend" or "girlfriend" ?
A
Nov 12, 2014 at 2:06 PM
Those are Chinese iPhone.
Faun
Faun #15
Nov 12, 2014 at 2:54 PM
I got 99 iPhones, but a wife ain't one!
A
Nov 12, 2014 at 7:24 PM
﴾͡๏̯͡๏﴿ O'RLY?

You know, you have to give source for your info?

I am "the source", Who provided the source to who wrote the oxford dictionary?
Chaitanya
Chaitanya #17
Nov 12, 2014 at 7:31 PM
I am "the source", Who provided the source to who wrote the oxford dictionary?

News channels I guess....
"Khufiya SUTRON se pata chala hai...."
Hrishi
Hrishi #19
Nov 13, 2014 at 2:36 AM
Next time you propose a girl with Iphone(s) , Apple will be there to haunt your ar$e with lawsuits.
$hadow
$hadow #21
Nov 14, 2014 at 7:46 PM
But I am damm surre among the group many girls would be thinking why not me :-D
kisame
kisame #22
Nov 14, 2014 at 8:31 PM
Only one word comes to mind.
Ch**tiya
Faun
Faun #23
Nov 14, 2014 at 11:43 PM
But I am damm surre among the group many girls would be thinking why not me :-D

Different strokes for different folks.
$hadow
$hadow #24
Nov 15, 2014 at 7:41 AM
Different strokes for different folks.

Looks like his way didn't went as well as he expected and hence resulting in every news and forum :mrgreen:
R
rajnusker #25
Nov 29, 2014 at 9:11 PM
Should have bought her something useful like diamonds